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The Persian Wars Power Point Notes
Chapter 10 Section 3
I. Background: Why did the war between ______and ______start?
A. Persia- Empire that stretches from ______to ______
B. Persia conquers ______in 545 BC
1. ______-______of Miletus, Ephesus, and Halicarnassus
are in ______, which is in Asia Minor—so they are ______, too!
2. (Remember!) Ionia had been ______by the Mycenaeans (______)
fleeing the Dorians during the ______
C. Darius - ______, rules ______empire in the world!
D. 499 BC - ______city-states Miletus, Ephesus, and Halicarnassus ______
against Persia and they ask ______for help!
E. Darius ______the three cities of Miletus, Ephesus, and Halicarnassus
1. He swears ______against ______and ______!
F. Darius demands “______of ______and ______” (tribute which
symbolizes ______and ______) from the Greeks
1. Greeks ______to give anything to ______!
2. Darius is ______
II. The Persian Wars: the ______battles
A. 490 BC - ______battle at ______
1. Darius ______Aegean Sea with his men and ______at ______
a. Marathon is a ______26 miles northeast of ______
2. Athenians seek ______from ______, but they refuse due to a
______festival
3. ______- ______General
a. ______Athens to ______
b. His plan is to use the ______, a unique battle strategy with
______fighters in ______and ______fighters on
______which ______the enemy
Draw a phalanx in the space below:
c. This takes the Persians by ______!
4. Athens ______the battle and Persia goes ______
5. ______, Athens fastest runner, runs ______miles to Athens, yells
“______!” (victory) and ______from exhaustion
a. Athenians, filled with confidence, hold a commemorative ______to
celebrate the ______at ______
b. marathon becomes a race at the ______
6. ______discovered outside Athens
a. Athens has ______from them
b. ______, Athens leader, says to use money to build warships
called ______!
c. ______- warship; ______rows of ______stacked
above each other; ______prow
Draw a trireme in the space below:
B. 480 BC - ______battle at ______
1. ______is now Persian King, ______of Darius
2. He calls together biggest army ever seen, ______
3. He marches to the ______and makes a ______
bridge (a floating bridge) for his men to cross from ______to ______
a. First attempt – destroyed by a storm
b. Second attempt - ______
Draw a pontoon bridge in the space below:
4. The Greeks then unite under ______leader, King ______
5. March to ______- narrow mountain ______where Persians can be
picked off
a. There are ______Greeks; the ______are outnumbered ____ to ____
6. ______- ______, shows Persians a goat path ______
the mountains
7. Greek army ______, except for ______Spartans and _____ other Greeks
a. King Leonidas leads them
b. Outnumbered _____ to _____
c. Fight to the ______against the Persians! – all killed
d. They ______up the Persians long enough to allow the Greek ______to set
up a ______of the Peloponnesus
8. ______win this battle and head to ______
C. 480 BC – ______battle at ______
1. Athenians go to ______of ______for prediction
a. Oracle – one who predicts the ______
b. Oracle says, “The ______will save you”
c. ______decides the wooden walls must mean…
d. The ______, the ships they built!
2. Thermosticles ______Athenians to go to ______- ______off the
coast of Athens
3. Meanwhile, the Persians ______Athens to the ______
4. Persian Navy is ______(by reports of a pretend ______) into the
______between Salamis and the mainland
a. Only a ______Persian ships can ______at a time
b. Greeks ______with their more maneuverable ______
5. Greeks ______battle against Persians
6. ______returns ______
7. ______return ______to ______Athens. The Golden Age will follow
D. 479 BC - ______battle at ______
1. Persians ______completely!
III. Results of War
A. Europe and Greece “______” from growing Persian Empire – they remain ______
and ______
B. Greece free to enter the ______, fifty years of ______and
______was very inspired
C. ______Greek culture ______during the Golden Age which ______
our culture today, especially ______, arts, architecture, and the ______